جرب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ر ب (j-r-b), from Proto-Semitic *garab-.

Verb

1. to be scabby, to be mangy
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 29, Art. 15, pages 383–384:

     والكتم قال أبو الخير هو ثلاثة أنواع منها ما له ورق عريض مثل ورق الآس الذي ينبت في الشعرى وهو يعلو كثيرا ويأخذ من التدويح وورقه مشرفة مثل تشريف المنشار ومنه نوع آخر له ورق دون الأول في العرض وتعظم شجرته أيضا وله حب في قدر حب الفلفل والريحان ويعتصر منه دهن يستصبح به ونوع آخر له ورق طويل دقيق مثل ورق المسان وقيل إن مما جرب فصح إنه إن سقى من عصارة ورقه ثمانية دراهم لمن عضه الكلب فإنه يبرئ في ذلك اليوم ويخلص بإذن الله تعالى وأن فزع من الماء فإنه يبرئ والكتم هو شبيه للحناء ويجفف ورقه ويدق نعما ويخلط بالحناء وخضب به الشعر.

     About the mock privet says Abū al-Ḵayr that there are three kinds of it: The first has wide leaves similar to the leaves of the myrtle which grows in the maquis and it becomes very high and swollen and its leaves are humped like a saw, the second has leaves of lesser width but its tree is also poddy and its seeds are of the size of the seeds of peppers and myrtles and from them one can press oil for lighting, and another kind has long delicate leaves like sandpaper and it is said if someone is affected by scabies then he will regain health, that if he whom a dog has bitten drinks eight dirhem from the extract of its leaves he will becomes free from the ailment the same day and cleansed of it if God is gracious; so that he will fear water but he will be free of the pest. Mock privet is similar to henna and one dries its leaves and crushes them well and mixes with henna and dyes the hair with it.

Verb

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جَرَّبَ • (jarraba) II (non-past يُجَرِّبُ (yujarribu), verbal noun تَجْرِيب (tajrīb))

1. to experience, test, put to the test, probe
2. to get wise by experience

Descendants

• → Lishana Deni: גׄרבייה (jarbiye)
• → Swahili: -jaribu

Noun

جَرَب • (jarab) m

1. mange, scurvy, scabies, verbal noun of جَرِبَ (jariba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جَرَب (jarab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَرَب jarab	الْجَرَب al-jarab	جَرَب jarab
Nominative	جَرَبٌ jarabun	الْجَرَبُ al-jarabu	جَرَبُ jarabu
Accusative	جَرَبًا jaraban	الْجَرَبَ al-jaraba	جَرَبَ jaraba
Genitive	جَرَبٍ jarabin	الْجَرَبِ al-jarabi	جَرَبِ jarabi

Adjective

جَرِب • (jarib) (common plural جِرَاب (jirāb))

1. mangy, scabby

Declension

Declension of adjective جَرِب (jarib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَرِب jarib	الْجَرِب al-jarib	جَرِبَة jariba	الْجَرِبَة al-jariba
Nominative	جَرِبٌ jaribun	الْجَرِبُ al-jaribu	جَرِبَةٌ jaribatun	الْجَرِبَةُ al-jaribatu
Accusative	جَرِبًا jariban	الْجَرِبَ al-jariba	جَرِبَةً jaribatan	الْجَرِبَةَ al-jaribata
Genitive	جَرِبٍ jaribin	الْجَرِبِ al-jaribi	جَرِبَةٍ jaribatin	الْجَرِبَةِ al-jaribati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جَرِبَيْن jaribayn	الْجَرِبَيْن al-jaribayn	جَرِبَتَيْن jaribatayn	الْجَرِبَتَيْن al-jaribatayn
Nominative	جَرِبَانِ jaribāni	الْجَرِبَانِ al-jaribāni	جَرِبَتَانِ jaribatāni	الْجَرِبَتَانِ al-jaribatāni
Accusative	جَرِبَيْنِ jaribayni	الْجَرِبَيْنِ al-jaribayni	جَرِبَتَيْنِ jaribatayni	الْجَرِبَتَيْنِ al-jaribatayni
Genitive	جَرِبَيْنِ jaribayni	الْجَرِبَيْنِ al-jaribayni	جَرِبَتَيْنِ jaribatayni	الْجَرِبَتَيْنِ al-jaribatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	جِرَاب jirāb	الْجِرَاب al-jirāb	جِرَاب jirāb	الْجِرَاب al-jirāb
Nominative	جِرَابٌ jirābun	الْجِرَابُ al-jirābu	جِرَابٌ jirābun	الْجِرَابُ al-jirābu
Accusative	جِرَابًا jirāban	الْجِرَابَ al-jirāba	جِرَابًا jirāban	الْجِرَابَ al-jirāba
Genitive	جِرَابٍ jirābin	الْجِرَابِ al-jirābi	جِرَابٍ jirābin	الْجِرَابِ al-jirābi

Adjective

جُرْب • (jurb) pl

1. plural of أَجْرَب (ʔajrab)

Noun

جُرُب • (jurub) pl

1. plural of جِرَاب (jirāb)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج ر ب
1 term

From Arabic جَرَّبَ (jarraba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒar.rab/

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Verb

جرب • (jarrab) II (non-past يجرب (yjarrab))

1. to try

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج ر ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَّبَ (jarraba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒar.rab/, [ˈʒɑrˤ.rˤɑb], [ˈd͡ʒɑrˤ.rˤɑb]

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Verb

جرّب • (jarrab) II (present بجرّب (bijarreb))

1. to try, to attempt

   Synonym: حاول (ḥāwal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of جرب

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	جرّبت (jarrabt)	جرّبت (jarrabt)	جرّب (jarrab)		جرّبنا (jarrabna)	جرّبتو (jarrabtu)	جرّبو (jarrabu)
	f		جرّبتي (jarrabti)	جرّبت (jarrabat)
present	m	بجرّب (bajarreb)	بتجرّب (bitjarreb)	بجرّب (bijarreb)		منجرّب (minjarreb)	بتجرّبو (bitjarrbu)	بجرّبو (bijarrbu)
	f		بتجرّبي (bitjarrbi)	بتجرّب (bitjarreb)
subjunctive	m	اجرّب (ajarreb)	تجرّب (tjarreb)	يجرّب (yjarreb)		نجرّب (njarreb)	تجرّبو (tjarrbu)	يجرّبو (yjarrbu)
	f		تجرّبي (tjarrbi)	تجرّب (tjarreb)
imperative	m		جرّب (jarreb)				جرّبو (jarrbu)
	f		جرّبي (jarrbi)